Chapter 7: Discoveries

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Edward POV

I was beginning to lose hope when I saw some footprints in the mud. finally someone was up there trying to help me.

I decided I had better follow since I knew this part of the forest well. I walked slowly calling out Bella's name. there was no response. how far had she gone in exactly? I was

very anxious now, worrying about bella. I hoped she was okay.

I saw a figure in the distance. they were sitting down. I hoped it was bella. I ran towards it, only to discover the person was lying face down in the dirt. I rolled the body over only to see that it was bella.

'oh no' I muttered to myself as I brushed the pieces of of dirt of her face. I felt her neck for a pulse, sure enough there was one. thankfully she was just unconscious.

I shook her lightly hoping to wake her up. she stirred abit and made the cutest little face. I sat her up and held her in my arms, letting the blood flow down her body properly.

her eyelids fluttered for a few seconds then they opened. I waited while her full vision came back and she remembered where she was.

it only took a couple if minutes. I was happy in those minutes I was able to hold her in my arms.

'w-what' she said. she was confused. I chuckled slightly. I pulled her head around to face me. only then did I realise how close our faces were. she still wasn't fully with us, but I was. I had an impulse to kiss her, but I fought it. why was I feeling these things? my only guess was that I felt more than I had thought for bella.

I pulled back and helped her to her feet. her legs gave way so I supported her weight till she regained her balance.

'edward?' she asked me.

'yeah its me' I replied. she seemed steady so I let her go. I was right she stood up on her own.

she flung herself at me and hugged me tightly. I hugged her back, but she pulled away too soon, she looked down and blushed.

'im sorry I just so happy you found me, I thought I was going to be stuck out here all night' she ran a hand through her hair and looked at me.

'its okay bella, I waited for you but you never came and then coach asked me if I would come and look for you' her face fell the tiniest bit when I said I was asked to come and find her to I added something quickly at the end. 'but I was going to suggest it anyway, you had me really worried' I said. the smile returned to her face and I walked over to her.

'shall we go then, or we wont have enough time to start the project, but I have to take you somewhere first' I told her. I should take her to my dad, he was on shift today so she would be seen to right away.

'okay lets go'. she stumbled a bit so I took her hand in mine. I looked to see her reaction. she just smiled.

'thanks' she muttered.

she kept hold of my hand as we walked back to the opening at the trail. it felt so good to be holding her hand, even if we were just friends. I could live with being friends as long as she was happy. I was starting to realise just how much I liked bella, and I mean like bella.

'how did you find me?' she asked. Looking up at me.

'well I came down the trail you went down and I saw the big muddy pool, I looked around and saw a hole in the branches, I guessed you have gone in there so went through, I can see how you got lost so easily, it is very dark in here, and you seem like you're a little clumsy' I tried to make my tone light so she wouldn't get offended.

'well, I am a little clumsy, but I think its mostly because I don't know these forests very well, and everything looks the same in here' she replied, for the first time, she hadn't snapped back at me when I had assumed something about her. maybe she was starting to like me, maybe it was because of her head.

I lead us through the trees, the way I had come, glad to see the small opening a few feet ahead of us.

'so how do you know the way around here?' she asked me, curiosity burning in her tone.

'well I've come running here ever since we moved down. and I also camp a lot with my brothers, and when I was younger I used to get lost a lot, so as a result of that, I know my way around pretty good' she chuckled at my story.

'well when I used to visit my dad in the summer, I used to stick to the trails' she smiled and nearly tripped over a rock, but I caught her elbow before she could fall.

'you sure you're okay?' I asked her, raising my eyebrows.

'yeah, just a little dizzy from being unconscious for a while' she giggled, and I couldn't help laughing with her.

'so do you want to start the project, or shall we leave it to another night?' I prayed she still wanted to do it.

'no! lets do it tonight' she replied quickly then blushed and looked down.

'well I insist that we go and see my dad, he's a doctor and I want to make sure you're alright. we had reached the opening now and I was climbing through after her. we set of down the trail.

'no really im fine' she pressed.

'bella, come on, you were unconscious for at least 10 minutes, you need to get checked out' she was going to see my dad.

'edward I don't need to see a doctor, no blood no foul' she added at the end.

'bella, my dad will see us right away so we don't have to wait for hours before you can get checked out, and if it makes you feel any better I wont tell anyone, ill even get my dad to leave it off your record' she was stubborn. she raised her eyebrows, but something in my expression made her give in.

'fine then, I guess that sounds alright, but we have to be quick otherwise we wont have any time to discuss the project' she was dead serious. I probably didn't need the scholarship because with my dad being a doctor, I could get in about anywhere, but oddly I wanted to win.

'so do you want to win the scholarship?' I asked her, looking down to see her face. I could see coach now, he breathed a sigh if relief at the sight of us.

'well, I wouldn't mind it, then I wouldn't have to worry about being applying for a hundred different places and I suppose I would feel like I earned my place there, not just been accepted because I had some good grades' I could tell where she was coming from, putting in all the work so you could earn a rightful place was a good idea.

'well we better do a good project then' I said to her as we walked out and saw coach.

everyone had left now, except for coach. he walked over to us, relief in his eyes.

'Im so glad you're alright bella! I thought something really bad had happened, are you hurt?' he asked her, I knew she was going to lie and say she was fine, and I didn't want to rat her out when everything was going so well.

'yeah, I was just lost, lucky edward found me or I would have been sleeping by the trees tonight' she was a bad liar, but teachers bought anything you said just so they didn't have to get involved with anything that could cause them trouble.

'okay then, well get home, the bells gone. and remember you two have practice tomorrow.' she shouted as we walked towards the school building.

We walking in silence to the locker rooms.

'ill wait here for you' I told her as we walked into the separate locker rooms.

'okay' she said simply and I watched her walk in.

I dressed quickly, not even thinking about what I was putting on, for all I knew, I had my shirt on backwards. well bellas dads shirt.

I went out to meet her. she was still in the girls locker room, but she came out two minutes later.

'how late is it?' she asked me.

'the bell went half an hour ago' I told her as we walked out to the parking lot.

Bella's car was the only car in the lot, guess I already knew that my family wouldn't wait half an hour, alice was probably shopping, Rosalie was probably staring at herself in the mirror and emmet and jasper were probably fighting or playing a video game.

'erm bella?' I asked shyly.

'yeah?' she said, a smile in her voice.

'can I had a ride? again?' I said, looking down pretending to be embarrassed.

'yes okay' she sighed, turning for the drivers side. I caught the edge of her jacket and pulled her back to face me.

'yes' she said smugly.

'do you think im going to let you drive in your state? hand over the keys' I said, holding my hand out to her. a stubborn look came across her face.

'no way' she replied, narrowing her eyes and folding her arms across her chest.

'bella, don't be stubborn, what kind of friend would I be if I let you drive when you could have a concussion? you could end up killing us both and ruining this pretty car, so please hand over the keys' I said once again. her eyes were normal again, I could see that my logic was starting to make sense, but she was letting her stubborn side take over.

'and how do I know that you're not just going to kidnap me?' she asked in a voice that said she knew she was going to lose.

'well, im a good person for one and your dad is the best police officer in the state of Washington, do I don't think I could get away with it' the compliment about her dad convinced her, and with a defeated sigh, she dropped the keys into my hand and stormed off to the passenger side. I chuckled and got in, starting the engine.

'this is unnecessary' she muttered stubbornly.

'how about if my dad says your fine, then you can drive back?' I offered her.

'okay' she muttered again, slightly more cheerfully.

she didn't say anything as I drove to the hospital, I could tell she was annoyed, but out the corner of my eye I could see a smile playing at the side if her lips and I couldn't help but keep the smile off my face.

she still didn't say anything when we pulled into the lot, or as we walked into the hospital. I was the one to break the silence.

'you going to forgive me yet? we have a project to do and if your not going to speak to me then we're not going to get that scholarship' I let the bait sink in.

'fine! your forgiven' she said laughing. people turned around staring as her laugh broke the silence. she bit her lip and looked down, blushing. her blush was beautiful.

I chuckled quietly as I walked over to the desk to see where my dad was.

'hey amanda, do you know where carlise is?' she checked the computer of a second before looking up an smiling.

'yeah, he's in his office' she said still smiling.

'thank you' I muttered before leading the way to my dads office.

I heard bella stop behind me and I turned to face her. 'what's the matter?' I asked her.

'are you sure, I don't want to interrupt him, when im completely fine' she muttered blushing again.

'you're not interrupting trust me' I said as I grabbed her wrist so she wouldn't walk away again. I knocked on the door and heard my dad say come in. I opened the door and pushed bella in first, before sliding in myself.

my dad looked around smiled as he saw me.

'what can I do for you edward?' he asked, looking at my hand around bellas wrist, he was probably jumping to conclusions.

I let her wrist go and turned to my dad.

'well we were running in gym today and bella got lost, so coach asked me to go in and find her, but when I did she was unconscious' I said abruptly, coming to the end of my explanation.

'I just wanted to see if she was okay' I added at the end.

his medical voice came on then as her turned to bella.

'could you just sit on the table while I do a simple examination, it wont take long' he said to her smiling. she reluctantly sat down. she was blushing again so I guessed she was a shy person.

he did the examination on her head, asking questions every so often she would answer them in a quiet voice, after about 10 minutes he stepped away, sure with his conclusion.

'your absolutely fine bella, you don't have a concussion so that is good, you may get some headaches later so if you do, just take so Tylenol.' she got up and her removed the crinkly paper and replaced it with a new sheet.

'okay sorry for bothering you' she said, clearly not as shy now he had examined her.

'it was no bother at all' he replied, he turned to me.

'will you be home late edward?' she said smiling.

'yeah, me and bella have to do a project together, and we decided we would get an early start, we want to win because then you can get a scholarship' I said to him. I could see the pride beaming out of him when he saw that I was interested in my education.

'well I hope you two do well, I hope you get the scholarships' he said to both of us.

'bye dad' I said as me and bella walked to her car. we bantered on the way down about who was driving, but she reminded me of my promise so I had to let her drive. on the way home we listened to some music and chattered idly about trivial things, and to my surprise I was eager to find them out.

as we reached her house, I smiled and she pulled into her garage. at least I had a few hours alone with her to get to know her better.

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